Hans J. Wegner: Just One Good Chair

Hans J. Wegner: Just One Good Chair

How can a book do justice to a career that generated 3,500 sketches and designs, 1,000 of those are chairs?
500 of those chair designs have been in production.

It's a great reference.

Lots of original photos, that's also a rub. B+W isn't really bringing the pieces alive. The wood grain, the textile.

It does feel a bit flat in its presentation - a semi catalogue perhaps.
My previous comments about the Finn Juhl book apply here as well.
I think the monograph format need to evolve.

There is plenty to research further.

September 20, 2019